Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Photo of Jennifer WhitmoreJennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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Would Ms MacEvilly welcome a revisit of the data centre policy and guidelines from the Government to specify that it needs to be economically and carbon sustainable? Would that make the CRU’s job easier? The CRU is looking at it just from the connections perspective but there is this broader thing. At the moment, Government policy is very much that we welcome data centres. Would Ms MacEvilly like to see a tightening of that guideline?